I wonder how that guy feels about the Colts’ regular attempts to substitute offensive players in a no-huddle and quick-snap the ball without giving the defense a chance to match the new personnel.
The thing about the onside kick was that it was the product of film study and coaching. They noticed the Colts cheating downfield in their film study. They specifically practiced that play in practice and had confidence in it. That doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have been called an idiot if it had failed, but it didn’t fail because they were prepared.
In no way was I criticizing the call, I loved it. In any sort of discussion of playcalling strategy, you’ll notice I pretty much always err on the side of recklessness - I’m so sick of seeing scared ass coaches making the bad call by “playing the numbers” when they actually aren’t and really they’re just trying to avoid letting a game loss be pinned down to one bad decision to avoid criticism. The fans deserve criticism too because they inflict that attitude on their coaches - they’re so results oriented that “OMG BEST CALL EVER” and “OMG WORST CALL EVER” can come from the same call depending on the result.
Even though rap has tremendous influence on both pop and r&b, rap per se doesn’t stand a chance since the demise of happy rap like Kid and Play, Heavy D, Hammer et others. Even Will Smith hasn’t made an album recently. Some old school rap might get a pass but people hear the word rap and immediately think NWA.
R&B is another story if you are talking about Earth, Wind and Fire, Parliament/Funkadelic(no diapers though), 60s Motown. Today’s R&B probably doesn’t have a wide enough appeal for Boomers/Older Gen Xers.
Will Smith released Lost and Found in 2005, and a Fresh Prince/DJ Jazzy Jeff Greatest Hits album in 2006 or '07.
What? Beyonce Knowles has sold 100 million records in 10 years, if you include Destiny’s Child. That’s wider appeal than pretty much anyone short of U2.
Actually, there is a good part to the article: the author put up a poll.
No is winning by a small margin, 96.8% to 2.4%.
Fantastic.
Anyone know the mechanics of Bleacher Report? Is it just a blog hosting site, or do the “writers” get a few penny fractions for each hit they generate for BR? Either way, here’s a nice distraction: